When Hecke Wiltse was born about 1742, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Martijn Wiltse, was 28 and her mother, Marytje Franssen Delange, was 27.
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"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
Established in 1788.
Dutch: variant of Wiltsee, possibly a nickname meaning ‘wild sea’, given to a child born at sea, or an altered form of Luxembourgish Wiltz . The surname Wiltse(e) is not found in the Netherlands.
History: Hendrick Martenszen Wiltse or, in some early records, Wiltsee (c. 1623–1712) lived in Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY), by 1660, the time of his marriage. At that time his surname (nickname) was Van Coppenhagen, but the capital of Denmark is not likely to be the place of his origin. He is said to have been born aboard a ship enroute to NY. Philippe Maton de Wiltz from Luxembourg, who died 1632 in NY, has been identified by some as his father.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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